Umbrella runner and tip cup



Oct. 7,--i924.

- J. ROSE UMBRELLA RUNNER AND TIP CUP Patented Get. 7, 1924.

'UO'H'N ROSE, UTE ATLANTIC "CITY, 'NEW JERSEY.

UMBREIJIJA RUNNER Ann TIP our.

To all whom it may r'concern:

Be it known'that I, Jon-N ROSE, a'citizen of'the Jnited States, residingat Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and Stateoit New Hersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrella :Runnersand Tip Cups, of'whioh the i'following, is=a specification.

This invention 'relates generally to unibrellas, and it relatesparticularly :to *combined runners and tip cups'for umbrellas.

The objecflin view ElStO provide a combined runnerand'tip cupsoconstructed and having the parts thereof so arranged that the 'movemento't' the runner, in addition to performing its usual functions, shall-be ca-- pabl'e'iniits sliding-movementson the rod of the umbrellamt:releasing'the runner from retention by the upper andlowercatohe ibywhich the umbrella is held in an open or a closed position. A furtherohjectistoiprovide. in combination with 'the runner, =a"tip cup byFWlIiCh the tips of the ribs may be heldclosely :to the rod whentheumbrella is closed,:such cup tobe capzible'of movement independentlyot'the runner in order to retain or :release the rib tips without movement of the runner, and :without operating the catch-releasing .means.

The invention'con'sistsin aico'mbined runner and tip cup havingtheznovel teatnresot construction and arrangement of partssubstantiallya as hereinali'ter described and claimed, whereby @the--abo-v-e?speoified objects anerattained.

The pre'ferredtorm "of embodim-ent' of the invention :is iillustratedin-the: accompanying drawing, though :I do not limit myself to thespecific details shown and herein described, as ;it will appear from ranunderstanding of the construction involved that various modificationsiin the form and arrangement of the parts may be madewithout departingfromthe scope of the invention involved.

:In the drawing:

Figure 11 is a view showing porti'onsof a handle, iribs and stretch-ereot an umbrella, the combined *runner and tip cup being shown,'in-=section, in position on the roditosecure the rib tips; I

Figure 2 is a sectional 'vi'ew,=showing"the tip cup'moved towartlthehandle of theiumbrella independently of the runner to release the ribtips, the-rib tips being shown in dotted lines. in a released position.

"Figure :is a detail sectional view, ='showmfg the tpositions :ot' therunner and lower catch when the runner and parts connected therewith aremovedion' -the rod, away from the handle, to depress the catch,rendering the runner tree tobe moved on the rod to spread the umbrellaiand means'of which theirimner-is retained when the "umbrella is raised,and adjacent to the handle is :a catch '4: by which the runner 'isretained when the um'brellaiis closed.

The runner is made up ofthe-crown portion 5, whiohini'ay be ot'the usualtornnand the 'slee\.*e portion 6 deceiving and slid ing on the rod,which'has in its walls slot 7 into which projects one or the other '0?the retaining catches"3hr 4, accordin-g' tothe p0- sition-ot theirunner.

' In "the embodiment of tiny invention herein shown, the end ot thesleeve extending toward the handle is provided with an abutment againstwhich one end of a; spring for operating'atip' cup, as hereinafter.described, hears. As herein shown, thezabutment is1=in the dorm of adisk'8 having a centralopening receiving the rod, which disk may be springfor maintaining *the tip cup in its normal position, eand'the disk 8on-the'runner. The disk 8 is retained in the cylindric'al extensionffrorn theitip cup as 'by bending the end of the "extension i inward,*torm ing alip 1 l against v hichthedisk abut-s.

- The 'bottom 10 is disk-shaped and has a central :proj eeting tubularextension 12 havinganinterior?opening-eta size tofit closely to the rodwhich extends through it. The cup isuslidable on the sleeve 6 and,therefore, when'the umbrella? is'closed'the tip ends 19 of the ribs18=n1ay be brought toward'the rodi-and be received and retained "by the'inclosing riing'tormed by the flange l3 o'ftthe cup by the movement ofthe cup first toward the handle, allowing the positioning of the ribs,and then away from the handle to in.- close the tips of the ribs.interposed be tween the disk. 8 and the bottom 10 is a spring 14 bywhich the parts are normally held in the positions shown by full linesin Figure 1 of the drawing, to retain the rib tips. The spring iscompressed when the cup is moved to allow the rib tips to be broughtclose to the rod in a position to be 'inclosed by the flange 13, or torelease the tips after engagement, and acts to return the parts to theirnormal relative positions after such movement. v

In order that the depression of the spring catches 3 and t may beeffected to free the runner to permit moving the parts of an urnbrellafrom an open to a closed position, or vice versa, by sliding the runnerand the described attached parts on the rod means located within theextension from the cup are provided for this purpose. One form f thecatch-depressing member is shown in Figures 1, i2 and 3 of the drawing,and one of a number of modified forms which may be employed is shown inFigure i. The first .consists of a cylinder 15, having abruptly taperedends 16, arranged within the extension from the cup in such positionthat a sliding movement of the cup toward the handle, when the umbrellais raised. brings the inner face of the upper tapered end of thecylinder into contact with the catch 3, depressing it to free it fromengagement with the runner. This movement of the releasing means allowsthe sliding of the runner on the rod toward the handle to close theumbrella. hen the umbrella is secured in a closed position by engagementof the catch 4t with the runner and the rib tips are retained by theflange 13. a movement first of the tip cup toward the handle willrelease the ribs, and then of the runner toward the tip end of the rod.releases the runner from the catch and then results in opening theumbrella, it being retained in the usual way in an open position whenthe runner is brought to a position to be engaged by the catch Theoperative parts of the catch-operating means are, as shown, spaced aparta sutlicient distance to permit movement of the tip cup to release therib tips without bringing those parts into contact with a catchextending through the runner sleeve. Therefore. the tip cup may be movedto secure or release rib tips when the ribs are in a closed positionwithout detaching the catch by which the runner is then held.

In the modified form of the catch-operating means shown in Figure 4 ofthe drawing oppositely arranged hollow conical projections 17 extendfrom opposite ends of the extension 9 of the tip cup into the interiorthereof. The projections extend from the disk 8 and the bottom 10respectively, and are so located that their inner faces are brought intocontact with the catches 3 and ito depress them according to theposition of the parts and to the direction of the slid ing movement ofthe runner and tip cup.

I claim:

1. An umbrella runner having an abutment, a tip cup enclosing andslidable on the runner, and a spring interposed between the abutment ofthe runner and the bottom of the tip cup.

An umbrella runner having a sleeve portion provided with a disk, a tipcup provided with a tubular extension and slidable on the runner, thetubular extension enclosing the disk and being provided with means forretaining the disk therein, and a spring interposed between the tip cupand the disk.

An umbrella runner having a sleeve portion provided with a disk, a tipcup slidahle on the sleeve and provided with a tubular extensionreceiving the disk, means for retaining the disk in the extension, andcatch-operating means consisting of a cylinder having contracted endsenclosed by and retained in the extension.

4-. An umbrella runner, a tip cup slid'able on the runner and providedwith a tubular extension, catch-operating means comprislug oppositelydisposed inclined contact portions located in the extension, and aspringby which the catch-operating means is normally held in inoperativeposition.

An umbrella runner, a tip cut slidable thereon and having a. tubularextension, and catch-operating means comprising inclined contactingportions enclosed by the extensiom the inclined catch operating meansbeing spaced apart, permitting slidinn of the tip cup on the runnerwithout bringing them into use, and a spring ar ranged to maintain thecatch -operating means normally in inoperative position.

6. An umbrella runner, a tip cup having a tubular extension.v arrangedon the runner and movable therewith, and catch operating meansconsisting of a cylinder having contracted ends located in theextension, enclosing the runner, and connected to the tip cup.

7. An umbrella runner having a sleeve portion provided with a disk, atip cup provided with a tubular extension receiving the disk, means forretaining the disk in the extension, catclroperating means consistingof.

a cylinder having contracted ends surrounding the runner and connectedto the tip cup, and a spring interposed between the disk and the tipcup.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

JOHN ROSE.

